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Shanghai Noon

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Bumbling Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) works as an Imperial guard in the Forbidden City of China. When Princess Pei Pei (Lucy Liu) is taken hostage, Wang pursues her captors to the wild frontier land of Nevada, where he meets good-natured thief and occasional cowboy Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson). Using O'Bannon's love of money, Wang convinces him to help recover the princess, and together the two form a curious partnership -- the likes of which the West has never seen.
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Although the plot is really nothing to brag about, Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson work well together. The cinematography looks great, and Jackie delivers a hilarious performance. This is an old-fashioned crowd-pleaser.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media 12/28/2010
3/5
Engaging Jackie Chan movie for older teens and up. Go to Full Review Derek Adams Time Out 06/24/2006
Much of its strength comes from the central clash between Jackie's indomitable energy and Wilson's knowingly anachronistic cool, while lots of visual and verbal gags keep things whistling. Go to Full Review Andy Richards Sight & Sound 12/02/2002
Shanghai Noon is an accomplished follow-up to Jackie Chan's first big-budget US film Rush Hour. Go to Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand 08/19/2023
This East-meets-Old-West action comedy is hardly original, but the unlikely team clicks. Go to Full Review Tony Black Cultural Conversation 02/14/2021
3/5
Shanghai Noon feels both like a flashback to an earlier time of more innocent pictures, and also slightly predictive of the vanguard of colourful comic-book cinema to come. Go to Full Review James Plath Family Home Theater 03/30/2016
B+
It's a clever variation on the buddy cop picture, with Jackie Chan showing both his comic chops and his martial arts skills, and Owen Wilson doing what he does best-playing a laid-back, chick-magnet California surfer dude. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Wes L. @RT78944350 Nov 15 Jackie Chan movies are my comfort films and Shanghai noon is a dated fun watch. Must of the jokes fall flat and the plot is predictable but Jackie Chan doing his thing is always a joy. What happens in the film you probably won’t think about afterwards but you will be able to shut off your brain for a little bit and have fun 6.4/10 See more Darren P @RT32467907 Oct 4 Great Film Owen Wilson Jackie Chan did good together great match this film is funny exciting and Cowboys Indians and Kung fu See more Jerod S @jeroduptown Sep 19 Chan is trying to get back the princess (Liu) and has to use cowboy (Wilson) to get it done. Slapstick but fun. See more Petros T @PetrosTserpelis Aug 30 Lots of fun for the most part: Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson are a good match, the former excelling as always in the department of amusing fight scenes, and the latter delivering a very enjoyable comedic performance all around. "Shanghai Noon" blends various styles and contains some hilarious lines and moments, and so it's unfortunate that it doesn't go out with a bang, instead resorting to a much too tidy, no-questions-asked finale wherein everything works out perfectly simply because it has to. See more Stephen C @bob25009 Jun 16 Funny in 1 hour and 50 minutes!!!!!!!!!!! Happy 25th anniversary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG-13 for Sensuality, Drug Content and Violence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $56,900,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more THE WRESTLING S @RT28041755 May 14 Best of action and comedy with a great story a must see for sure 😊 See more Read all reviews
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Tom Dey

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Jackie Chan

Chon Wang

Owen Wilson

Roy O'Bannon

Lucy Liu

Princess Pei Pei

Roger Yuan

Lo Fong

Xander Berkeley

Marshall Nathan Van Cleef

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Synopsis Bumbling Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) works as an Imperial guard in the Forbidden City of China. When Princess Pei Pei (Lucy Liu) is taken hostage, Wang pursues her captors to the wild frontier land of Nevada, where he meets good-natured thief and occasional cowboy Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson). Using O'Bannon's love of money, Wang convinces him to help recover the princess, and together the two form a curious partnership -- the likes of which the West has never seen.
Director
Tom Dey
Producer
Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman
Screenwriter
Miles Millar, Alfred Gough
Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures, Touchstone Pictures
Production Co
Roger Birnbaum Productions, Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Jackie Chan Films
Rating
PG-13 (Sensuality|Drug Content|Violence)
Genre
Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 26, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 10, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$56.9M
Runtime
1h 50m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, DTS, SDDS, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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